I still love the figures that I made for it last year, but part of me wants some vintage inspired figures as well. I started putting together a Safari Guide and a Safari Mom. I want to change the Guide's legs to remove the knee pad and the Mom needs some sanding to make everything fit.

Lastly, some more Adventure People. I never had a Joe helicopter as a kid, but I did have an Adventure People Rescue Copter. It was a pretty good substitute. I thought it would be fun to convert a PTE Little Bird into an AP Rescue Copter with pilots:

I will use the Safari Mom build to make the Safari Girl instead. I already have a few all yellow females in my customs collection, so I'm looking for something different. I did some cutting and sanding to get the parts to fit.

Also, I got the base coat (beige) done on the Adventure People Safari Guide.

The white acrylic primer actually dries really well even on the softer plastic. It dries flat (no sheen at all), porous and quickly. I avoid the Krylon Dual (primer + white finish) for figures, that stuff stays tacky. It can work for vehicles though.

The white acrylic primer actually dries really well even on the softer plastic. It dries flat (no sheen at all), porous and quickly. I avoid the Krylon Dual (primer + white finish) for figures, that stuff stays tacky. It can work for vehicles though.

OB

Huh. So Krylon White Primer. I might have to give that a shot. I'd given up on priming but your results are hard to argue with.

The white acrylic primer actually dries really well even on the softer plastic. It dries flat (no sheen at all), porous and quickly. I avoid the Krylon Dual (primer + white finish) for figures, that stuff stays tacky. It can work for vehicles though.

OB

Huh. So Krylon White Primer. I might have to give that a shot. I'd given up on priming but your results are hard to argue with.

I always do my base coat by hand and have never tried sprays based on warnings about tacky paint. After seeing this I may try it too. This would save me heaps of time.

Day 2 Update:I made some progress on my Adventure People Safari. Jody's face and hair still need work. I need to paint the yellow and tighten up the flesh tone. For Jim, I still need to paint the belt. I figure I have 2 choices - the same dark brown as the shoes or the lighter brown of the hat. Thoughts?

Also worked on the Rescue Copter and the pilots. I managed to spray the black parts of the chopper.

For the pilots, I settled on the Viper torso, Shipwreck/Spirit arms and Ripcord legs. I like their more simple/retro feel as opposed to the more modern parts. I sprayed a white coat of primer on the bodies. I'll start the yellow tomorrow. I'm planning to swap out the pilot's head with a Wayans one.

Big Ben: I painted the off white on his uniform and started the light brown.

Yup, I spray assembled figures, but I prep them first. I remove forearms by heating them with a hair dryer for a few seconds. I trim some plastic from the shoulders, elbows and other joints to reduce paint rubbing and I reassemble everything.

I glued some figure stands on the end of plastic rods. I stand the figure on the the stand part and spray.

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